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Oliver Cromwell | Who had a fancy funeral at the abbey in 1658? |
January 1661 | When was Oliver Cromwell disinterred? |
between 1722 and 1745 | When were the western towers built? |
Nicholas Hawksmoor | Who built the western towers of the abbey? |
Purbeck | What kind of marble was used for the walls and floors of the abbey? |
Sir George Gilbert Scott | Under whom did the 19th century rebulding occur? |
Portland stone | What were the two western towers built from? |
A narthex | What was designed for the west front of the abbey but not built? |
mid-20th century | When was the narthex designed? |
Yevele | The abbey was without towers following the renovation by whom? |
Oxford and Cambridge | Westminster Abbey was the third highest place of learning after which two places? |
King James Bible Old Testament | The first third of what was translated at the abbey? |
New Testament | The last half of what was also translated at the abbey? |
20th century | The New English Bible was composed at the abbey during what time? |
the Blitz | Westminster Abbey suffered damage during what on 15 November 1940? |
Sergei Fyodorov | Who painted the icons hung in the abbey in the 1990s? |
funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales | What was held at the abbey on 6 September 1997? |
Pope Benedict XVI | Who was the first pope to set foot in the abbey? |
17 September 2010 | On what date did the first pope set foot in the abbey? |
Russian | What nationality was Sergei Fyodorov? |
Gloucester Cathedral | Where was Henry III crowned? |
1216 | When was Henry III crowned? |
French prince Louis | Who had taken control of London when Henry III was to be crowned? |
the Pope | Who deemed Henry III's coronation to be improper? |
The Archbishop of Canterbury | Who is the usual cleric for coronation ceremonies? |
King Edward's Chair | What is the name of the throne used for coronation? |
St Edward's Chair | What is another name for King Edward's Chair? |
the Stone of Scone | Upon what are kings of Scots coronated? |
Scottish nationalists | Who had stolen the Stone of Scone? |
collegiate church | What kind of church is Westminster Abbey? |
Queen Elizabeth I | Who created Westminster Abbey as the Collegiate Church of St Peter Westminster? |
the Dean and Chapter of Westminster | Who governs the church? |
the Dean and four canons residentiary | Who are the members of the chapter of Westminster? |
the Receiver General and Chapter Clerk | Who assist the chapter of Westminster? |
12 | How many lay vicars are there? |
10 | How many choristers are there at the abbey? |
1970s | When was the office of Priest Vicar created? |
Edward the Confessor | Henry III rebuilt the abbey in honour of whom? |
1760 | When did George II of Great Britain die? |
a royal saint | Who was Edward the Confessor? |
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle | Where was Henry VI buried? |
Leicester Cathedral | Where was Richard III buried? |
inside chapels | Where were aristocrats buried from the Middle Ages? |
master of the King's Works | Geoffrey Chaucer was employed as what? |
in the abbey | Henry Purcell was buried where? |
Admiral Robert Blake | Oliver Cromwell began buring national figures in the abbey starting with whom? |
Isaac Newton | Who was buried in the abbey on 4 April 1727? |
Charles Darwin | Who was buried in the abbey on 26 April 1882? |
William Wilberforce | Who was buried in the abbey on 3 August 1833? |
William Pitt | Who was buried next to William Wilberforce? |
cremated | In the early 20th century it became more common to bury what kind of remains? |
1905 | In what year was Sir Henry Irving cremated? |
Frances Challen | Who was buried in the south choir aisle in 2014? |
Percy Family | What family has the Northumberland Vault? |
11 November 1920 | When was The Unknown Warrior buried? |
At the east end of the Lady Chapel | Where is the memorial chapel of the airmen of the RAF? |
the Battle of Britain | The memorial chapel of the airmen of the RAF has a window for what? |
Tudor stained glass window | The window for the Battle of Britain replaced what that was destroyed? |
Saturday September 6, 1997 | When was the formal funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales? |
Sunday | When was a second public service held for Princess Diana? |
Catherine Walker | Who designed Diana's dress? |
Mother Teresa | Who gave Diana the rosary beads? |
Westminster School and Westminster Abbey Choir School | What are also in the precincts of Westminster Abbey? |
the Pope | Who required the Benedictine monks to maintain a charity school? |
1179 | When were the Benedictine monks required to maintain a charity school? |
Westminster Abbey Choir School | The choirboys of the abbey are trained where? |
Harrison & Harrison | Who built the organ? |
1937 | When was the organ built? |
the coronation of King George VI | When was the organ first used? |
pipework | What was included in the new organ from the previous Hill organ of 1848? |
John Loughborough Pearson | Who designed the two organ cases? |
the Celestial Organ | What part of the organ is not connected or playable? |
1971 | When were the bells overhauled? |
Ten | How many bells make up the abbey ring? |
1971 | When were the ten bells cast? |
Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Who cast the abbey bells? |
Robert Mot | Who cast the two service bells? |
1585 and 1598 | When were the two service bells cast? |
1738 | When was the Sanctus bell cast? |
Richard Phelps and Thomas Lester | Who cast the Sanctus bell? |
in the refectory | Where is the "dish bell" kept? |
Henry III | Under whom was the chapter house built? |
Sir George Gilbert Scott | Who restored the chapter house in 1872? |
Geometrical Gothic style | What style is the octagonal chapter house? |
crypt | There is an octagonal what below the chapter house? |
vaulted | What kind of ceiling is in the chapter house? |
4-light quatre-foiled windows | What kind of windows are in the chapter house? |
the Sainte-Chapelle, Paris | The architecture of the chapter house is contemporary with what? |
mid-13th-century | What kind of tiled pavement is in the chapter house? |
1050 | A door in the vestible dates back to when? |
the 14th century | When were the exterior flying buttresses added? |
King's Great Council and the Commons | Who else met in the chapter house? |
The Pyx Chamber | What formed the undercroft of the monks' dormitory? |
the late 11th century | When does the Pyx Chamber date to? |
the Trial of the Pyx | When were newly minted coins presented to ensure they met standards? |
English Heritage | The Pyx Chamber and chapter house are under guardianship of whom? |
the Dean and Chapter of Westminster | Who cares for and manages the Pyx Chamber and chapter house? |
repairs | English Heritage has funded what for the chapter house? |
The Westminster Abbey Museum | What is located in the vaulted undercroft beneath the monks' dormitory? |
1065 | The area the museum occupies dates back to when? |
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